Japanese–English dictionary

無条件に

Without condition, absolutely.

無機

(chemistry) Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon. · muki

無欠

Without fault; free from defect or error. · muketsu

無毒

Harmless; producing no ill effect. · mudoku

無毛

Destitute of hair. · mumō

無法

A lack of law; a lack of law and order; anarchy. · muhō

無理

Not possible; not able to be done or happen. · muri

無理する

To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree.

無理数

(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers. · murisuu

無生の

(grammar) Not animate.

無産階級

(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses. · musankaikyuu

無用

Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting. · muyō

無用な

Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.

無痛

Free from pain; without pain or trouble. · mutsuu

無益

Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting. · mueki

無知

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information. · muchi

無知は至福である

A lack of knowledge or awareness about certain facts or situations results in happiness or reduced anxiety.

無礼

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly. · burei

無神経

The condition of being insensitive · mushinkei

無神論

Of or relating to atheists or atheism. · mushinron

無神論恐怖症

Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.

無私無欲

Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish. · mushimuyoku

無秩序

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. · muchitsujo

無精

The quality of being lazy · bushō

無精ひげ

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face. · bushōhige

無精者

(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person. · bushōmono

無線

(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. · musen

無線呼び出し

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

無縁

Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit. · muen

無罪

Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc. · muzai

無罪判決

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.] · muzaihanketsu

無聊

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. · buryō

無能

Lack of the ability to do something; incapability. · munō

無脊椎

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

無脊椎動物

An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone. · musekitsuidōbutsu

無自覚

(usually, with to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of. · mujikaku

無臭

Having no odor. · mushuu

無色

Having little or no colour. · mushoku

無茶

A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. · mucha

無菌

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms. · mukin

無菌状態

(pathology) The state of being free from sepsis.

無血

Taking place without loss of blood. · muketsu

無表情

without expression · muhyōjō

無視

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant. · mushi

無言

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not spoken; not said. · mugon

無言の

Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

無謀

Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. · mubō

無謬

The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake. · mubyuu

無責任

The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability. · musekinin

無資格

The state or quality of being ineligible. · mushikaku

無邪気

Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime. · mujaki

無重力

(countable) An experience or instance of being weightless. · mujuuryoku

無重量

(countable) An experience or instance of being weightless. · mujuuryō

無銭飲食

(North America, informal) The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying. · musen'inshoku

無関係

Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation. · mukankei

無関心

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). · mukanshin

無限

Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly. · mugen

無限大

(countable, mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted. · mugendai

無限軌道

A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler. · mugenkidō

無難

Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable. · bunan

無音の

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

無頓着

Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). [First attested in the early 18th century.] · mutonchaku

無頼

Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. · burai

無風

(of weather) Without wind or storm. · mufuu

無駄

Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting. · muda

無駄にする

(transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. · mudanisuru

無駄使い

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use. · mudazukai

無駄話

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. · mudabanashi

焦がす

(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable. · kogasu

焦げる

(intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable. · kogeru

焦げ茶色

A brownish grey colour. · kogechairo

焦り

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something. · aseri

焦燥

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something. · shōsō

然して

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.] · soshite

然も無くば

(usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not. · samonakuba

焼いた

Having been cooked by roasting.

焼き

That has been cooked by baking. · yaki

焼き場

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated. · yakiba

焼き物

(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods. · yakimono

焼く

(intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven. · yaku

焼ける

(intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven. · yakeru

焼け焦げ

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. · yakekoge

焼包

Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine

焼却

(transitive) To destroy by burning. · shōkyaku

焼却炉

A furnace that burns refuse. · shōkyakuro

焼売

A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum. · shuumai

焼灼

To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection. · shōshaku

焼結

To heat a compacted powder mass to form a hardened mass. · shōketsu

焼肉

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. · yakiniku

煉丹術

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry. · rentanjutsu

煉獄

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification. · rengoku

煉瓦職人

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

煌めき

A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance. · kirameki

煎じる

To make tea (or other beverage) by placing leaves in hot water. · senjiru

煎る

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat. · iru

煙

The 44th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. · kemuri

煙り出し

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue. · kemuridashi

煙る

(intransitive) To give off smoke. · kemuru

煙出し

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue. · kemudashi

煙突

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue. · entotsu

煙草

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked. · tabako

煙霧

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) · enmu

煙霧質

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium. · enmushitsu

煤

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc. · susu

煤炭

(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

照らす

(transitive) To shine light on something. · terasu

照り焼き

A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade. · teriyaki

照会

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. · shōkai

照会先

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. · shōkaisaki

照射

(physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms. · shōsha

照明

(transitive) To shine light on something. · shōmei

照星

The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon. · shōsei

照準

(transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction. · shōjun

照準具

An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.

照準器

An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon. · shōjunki

煩い

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious. · urusai

煩わす

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. · wazurawasu

煮える

(ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water. · nieru

煮ても焼いても食えない

Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed.

煮る

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. · niru

煮汁

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. · nijiru

煮詰める

(transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off. · nitsumeru

煽り屋

One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.

煽動する

(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]

熊

(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset. · kuma

熊手

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. · kumade

熊猫

A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia. · kumaneko

熊鼠

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus. · kumanezumi

熟した

(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.

熟す

(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature. · konasu

熟れる

(intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate. · ureru

熟女

(North America, slang, derogatory) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”. · jukujo

熟慮

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate. · jukuryo

熟慮する

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

熟睡

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. · jukusui

熟練

Ability, skill, competence. · jukuren

熟練度

Ability, skill, competence.

熟練者

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity. · jukurensha

熟考

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate. · jukkō

熟考する

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

熟語

(linguistics) A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and usually proverbial. · jukugo

熟達

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. · jukutatsu

熱

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession. · netsu

熱い

Indicates that the speaker is hot (i.e. feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort) · atsui

熱エネルギー

(engineering) A form of energy; sensible energy; heat · netsuenerugī

熱さ

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot. · atsusa

熱の（ある）

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

熱力学

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy. · netsurikigaku

熱帯

(geography) Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics. · nettai

熱心

Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm. · nesshin